Indicator library

This list provides definitions and methodologies for more than 100 CIHI indicators, ranging from acute care, continuing care and rehabilitation to finance, spending and health human resources.
 
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Information and Understanding When Leaving the Hospital

​This measure describes whether patients had enough information when leaving hospital. Results show the percentage of patients who responded most favourably in the CPES-IC survey.

Injury Hospitalization

This indicator measures the age-standardized rate of acute care hospitalizations due to injury resulting from the transfer of energy, per 100,000 population.

Inpatient Rehabilitation Length of Stay Efficiency

This indicator provides the average change in Total Function Score per day of client participation in an inpatient rehabilitation program.

Involvement in Decision-Making and Treatment Options

​This measure describes whether patients and family/friends were involved in care decisions. Results show the percentage of patients who responded most favourably in the CPES-IC survey.

Joint Replacement Wait Times

This indicator provides the percentage of patients in a province who received planned total joint replacements within 26 weeks (182 days) from the date they were ready to be treated.

Knee Replacement Rate

This indicator measures the age-standardized hospitalization rate for all knee replacement procedures performed in acute care hospitals or same-day surgery facilities per 100,000 population age 18 and older.

Life Expectancy at Age 65

This indicator gives the number of years a person would be expected to live, starting from age 65, if the age- and sex-specific mortality rates were held constant over their life span.

Life Expectancy at Birth

This indicator gives the number of years a person would be expected to live, starting at birth, if the age- and sex-specific mortality rates were held constant over their life span.

Living Donor Length of Stay

The median number of days between admission and discharge for living organ donation

Long-Term Care Facility Location

Categorizes the long-term care facility into an urban or rural geographic area.

Long-Term Care Facility Size

Categorizes the long-term care facility’s size based on the number of designated beds.

Long-Term Care Residents Older Than 85

The percentage of residents in the long-term care facility or corporation who are older than 85.

Long-Term Care Residents With Dementia

The percentage of residents in the long-term care facility or corporation who have dementia.

Long-Term Care Residents Younger Than 65

The percentage of residents in the long-term care facility or corporation who are younger than 65.

Low Birth Weight Rate

This indicator provides the low birth weight rate (<2,500 grams, excluding <500 grams).

Low-Risk Caesarean Sections

This indicator measures the rate of deliveries via Caesarean section (C-section) among singleton term cephalic pregnancies for low-risk nulliparous women in spontaneous labour.
 

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